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At Friday's funeral, however, he turned his wrath for the attacks on the United States and Saudi Arabia, his country's fiercest rivals. "Such acts will have no other result than to reinforce hatred for the USA government and its agents in the region, like the Saudi (government)", Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote in a message of condolence to the families of the dead. (more...)

An FBI affidavit says victor confessed to copying and mailing the classified report when agents searched her home Saturday. Court records say victor admitted to mailing a copy of the classified report to a news outlet when an Federal Bureau of Investigation agent interviewed her at her home Saturday. (more...)

Ramasamy Palanisamy, deputy chief minister of Malaysian state Panag, invited Vaiko to attend his daughter's wedding on June 10. "Vaiko received the visa to visit Penang along with his PA Arunagiri almost one week ago". Ramsamy also talked to Vaiko over phone. The 73-year-old Vaiko recently went to jail in a sedition case slapped against him during the DMK regime in 2010. (more...)

Abbas is trying to weaken Hamas and force them to yield control of Gaza. Israel retaliated by launching a major operation in Gaza, which turned into an all-out war between Hamas and the Jewish state in the summer of 2014. He said he had not been officially informed of any United States investigation into the alleged hacking of Qatar's news agency. "This is very tricky". (more...)

KING: Why are you not answering these questions? Rogers said he was not answering questions on the content of his conversations with Trump "because I feel it is inappropriate". On Thursday, Comey, whom Trump fired last month while he was heading the agency's Russian Federation investigation, is set to testify before the same Senate panel. (more...)

While Mrs May said her top ministers would remain in post, she hinted her two close aides, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill - blamed by many Tory MPs for the party's disastrous campaign - could face the chop. DUP leader Arlene Foster may seek concessions from May in exchange for providing the needed seats. This will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful Brexit deal that works for everyone in this country, securing a new partnership with the European ... (more...)

The sanctions list further tightens the screws on Qatar, home to a major USA military base and the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and shows the crisis only escalating despite Kuwaiti efforts to mediate an end to the rift. Qatar hosts the Al-Udeid military base, the largest USA airbase in West Asia. European foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Twitter on Thursday that she had spoken with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar and called for "direct dialogue to quickly ... (more...)

He worked to leave the impression that Mr. Trump had committed a crime or at least an abuse of power, even as he abdicated his. He said he does not know, however, whether special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Trump now - and left little doubt that he hopes Mueller is doing just that. (more...)

TV news outlets this week are doing so by taking seriously Trump's tweets and expecting surrogates who appear on their TV programs to explain the disconnect between those tweets and stated Trump administration policy. "There's nothing wrong with the tweeting", he said, but a backstop would be smart. "I sympathize", Williams said, "with the plight of the White House communications staff". (more...)

London police said Zaghba, 22, was an Italian national of Moroccan descent who had been living in the east of the capital. Collina said she had spoken to Italy's anti-terrorism police past year after her son was prevented from traveling to the Middle East, and that they were the ones to told her on Tuesday that her son had been one of the men who carried out the attack. (more...)

One that can't get back to the creature comforts of Smashville fast enough. Predators head coach Peter Laviolette saw things rather differently. "We've just come to believe they'll respond the right way because we've seen them do it". "The real hockey starts now", Subban said. Rinne made six saves on nine shots, while Juuse Saros, making his second career playoff appearance, stopped 12 shots. (more...)

Of the summit of more than 40 Arab leaders the Saudi government hosted while Trump was there, the president could not resist a little of his signature boasting. Speaking from the shore of the Ohio River in Cincinnati for an address on the nation's infrastructure, President Donald Trump touted the hundreds of billions of dollars he claimed to have attracted from deals overseas and the "millions of jobs" to be created from a focus on domestic investment. (more...)

The Unionist parties said the First Minister was prepared to jeopardise jobs and the economy, regardless of cost, in a headlong pursuit of independence. With SNP ministers now bracing for the loss of up to 15 seats at the election , the manifesto sought to bolster the SNP argument that wins in Scottish Westminster seats on 8 June would reinforce the party's mandate to stage a new referendum. (more...)

Critics love star Gal Gadot's performance, as well as the emotional intensity of the movie. Jenkins revealed that if " Wonder Woman " continues, she plans to make Princess Diana an "international superhero", and plans to be the one to "bring her to America". (more...)

IOC chief Thomas Bach has complained that there are "too many losers" in Olympic bidding and has voiced support for both Paris and LA winning the right to host the Games. Paris 2024 Co-Chair Bernard Lapasset, said: "The support of our bid by Discovery and Eurosport , demonstrates once again the strong unity and firm commitment across Europe to seeing the Olympic and Paralympic Games return to Paris for a centenary celebration in 2024". (more...)

For those who hoped that former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey was going to provide some bombshell evidence - or any evidence at all - that Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to steal the 2016 election, Thursday's Senate testimony had to be a major letdown. (more...)

With no clear victor emerging from Thursday's parliamentary election, a wounded May signaled she would fight on, despite being on course to lose her majority in the House of Commons. Her main opponent - Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn , known for his left-wing views - was stumbling from mishap to mishap, unable even to muster solid support from his party's own lawmakers. (more...)

Comey speak honesly and openly about his actions with President Trump , despite the president's efforts to contradict and disparage him", Murray said. Comey testified that after he was sacked, he gave copies of the memos he wrote about his meetings with Trump to "a friend of mine to share" with reporters. (more...)

Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had previously criticized an amendment to the bill creating a new mandate on insurers, saying it showed "disdain" for the insurance industry. Meanwhile, the House began debating the Senate bill, authorizing the tribal casino, late Tuesday night. The agreement, known as the compact, guarantees the state will receive 25 percent of slot machine revenue monthly in exchange for the exclusive right to operate slots in CT. (more...)

The man shot dead by gunman Yacqub Khayre in a Melbourne serviced apartment complex on Monday has been named as Kai Hao. A man of Somali background was killed in a gun battle with police when he opened fire after taking a woman hostage at an apartment block in the city on Monday night, RTE reported . (more...)